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They grow up so fast! Not long ago, Owlcat were just a plucky young Kickstarter-funded RPG studio, giving us the likes of Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous. Now they’re a big, strong outfit, fresh from the monstrously huge Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader, and rolling out their own publishing wing. Now we get to…
At this year’s Game Developers Conference, I had a chance to see a first gameplay preview of Studio ZA/UM’s RPG follow-up to Disco Elysium, codenamed C4, and speak to two developers on the project: writer Siim “Kosmos” Sinamäe, and artist/producer Ruudu Ulas. Setting aside the controversy, the labor and creative disputes, the ownership of Elysium,…
Quamtotius Purgamentum begins in the time-honoured tradition of all Thief missions, with protagonist Garrett screaming loudly as he falls through an enormous hole. Landing inside a giant blue cube, he is immediately accosted by a half a dozen guards, some of whom spin violently in the air like a helicopter’s rotors. Garrett’s only chance of…
Sherlock Holmes never struck me as the retiring sort, more the ‘dying in his armchair mid-deduction’ sort. Nonetheless, this is the premise of The Beekeeper’s Picnic—A Sherlockian Adventure, a charming little adventure game that’s just released on Steam. Finally fed up with the detective lark, Holmes retires to the village of Fulworth to start a…
ArmA Reforger has come a long way since its rather thin launch in 2022. A multiplayer-centric military roleplaying toolset, Reforger is part ArmA 3’s Zeus dressed in Bohemia’s snazzy new engine, and part testbed for ArmA 4. It wasn’t vastly well liked when it was released out of Steam Early Access, with the community accusing…
Over the years, The Dark Mod has done a fine job at providing a Thief-like experience in the absence of a proper new entry in the series (there was the 2014 reboot, yet while I like it more than most, ultimately it didn’t live up to the series’ reputation). Originally launched in 2009 as a…
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is officially happening, which isn’t massively surprising since Space Marine 2 sold more copies than there are Tyranids on Kadaku. You’d think this would be exciting news for Space Marine fans, but apparently some members of the community have treated the announcement with apprehension rather than joy. Specifically, their concern…
Get your weekend Wordle off to the perfect start, or instantly un-stick a tricky game, with our tips. Keep it short and simple with a click through to today’s answer if you like, or sip your favourite breakfast drink as you casually ponder our clue for the March 29 (1379) game. However you want to…
As a teenager, I really enjoyed the game Shoot Many Robots. It wasn’t amazing, but it was a lot of dumb fun, and the memories I have playing it matter to me. Something Shoot Many Robots and I have in common is that we are both mortal, but while I am mere flesh and bone…
Elon Musk has announced that his AI company, xAI—which we’re told is also working on a videogame—has acquired his social media company, X, in an all-stock transaction. The Musk-to-Musk deal values X at $45 billion before subtracting $12 billion in debt. Before rebranding it as X, Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in 2022. Last…